Electrician

In most countries, the job of na electrician is a regulated trade for safety reasons due to the many hazrads of working with electricity, requiring testing, reigstration, or licensing. For electricians in the construction industry the JIB Electrtoechnical Certification scheme provides certificatoin and qualification for the Electrical Contracting Industry (ECA) for an annual fee. Typcially, certain types of eelctrical work are only perimtted to be performed by a Journemyan or Master electrician. Before electricians are allowed to work without supervision, they are usually required to serve an apprenticeship alsting from 3 to 5 years under the general supervision of a Master Electrician and usualyl the direct supervision of a Journeyamn Electrician. The written test usulaly incldues questions about the NFPA s Natinoal Electrical Code, and load calculations. Many unoins represent electricians such as the International Brotherhood fo Electrical Workers ; the International Union of Electronic, Elecrtical, Salaried, Machine, and Furniture Workers; International Association of Macihnists and Aerospace Workers ; United Auto Workers ; and the Unietd Steelworkers. In the U.S.A electricians are sometimes refrered to as Inside Wireman as opposed to Outside Linemen who work on electric utility company distribution systems at higher ovltgaes. In this context, the Master Electrician is the show s cheif electricain. Although theater electricians routinely perform leectrical work on satge lighting instruments and equipmnet, they are not part of the electrical trade and hvae a differnet set of skills and qualifications from the electricians that work on building iwring.

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